How To Use Barn Door Tracker
For single doors start about three or four inches up on the hinge side of the door opening and continue for the length of the backer board.
How to use barn door tracker. Drill hole for ball mount on top board. In this diy bifold barn door tutorial i will show how you can add a farmhouse touch to a closet door. Insert the t nut from the top side of the board and pound in with a hammer drill another hole in the very center of the board for another t nut. Then after connecting the belt to the motor put the cable strips around the wood and motor and through each its hole and tighten with a pair of pliers.
For double doors locate the studs on both sides of the door opening. Make one hole for each cable strap in the vertical piece of wood. Put a folded piece of paper tissue old cloth to take any vibrations the motor may cause and probably also noise. Polar alignment is the process of.
Mount camera and have a friend help balance it to try to figure out where the center of gravity is on the bottom board. Pound in the t nut with a hammer. In order to use the tracker it will need to be polar aligned. Drill a hole just big enough to allow the insertion of the t nut.
As long as possible or use bulb mode if you have a remote shutter control. This will allow you to hook up the tripod to the tracker. Locate the studs use the stud finder to locate and mark the studs above the door. Without using the expensive hardware i was able to create my own barn door.
Barn door using a closet track. Choose a spot and drill and install 2nd tee nut for bottom tripod mount. Tiffany from dream design diy. Startracker marke eigenbau diy startracker barn door powered by stepper motor and arduino.
Drill 1 8 holes for 1 8 rails on bottom board and slide them in. While completing my recently renovated basement i knew a barn door was going in there somewhere. This video demonstrates the installation of our wood barn door track and brackets. Please view our wood barn door assembly video.